All events
Upcoming university events.
Exploring Medieval Oxford through Surviving Archives Conference
Friday, 29 May 2026, 9am to 4.30pm
Department: History (Department)
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Infections, vaccines, and brain health
In person only
Friday, 29 May 2026, 9.15am to 10.15am
Speaker(s): Prof Maxime Taquet
Department: Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine (Unit)
Organiser: Alina Bovtenko; Renata Sojka
Series: MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Reading the signs: the meanings of medieval and Renaissance objects, symbols, and tokens
Exploring interdisciplinary perspectives on the signs and symbols used by medieval and Renaissance people.
Friday, 29 May 2026, 9.30am to 6.30pm
Department: Kellogg College (College)
Organiser: Oxford Festival of the Arts
Host: Kellogg College
Audience: Public Format: In Person
EndNote for referencing
Friday, 29 May 2026, 10am to 12pm
Speaker(s): Oliver Bridle (Bodleian Libraries), Hannah Medworth (Bodleian Libraries)
Department: Bodleian Information Skills (Unit)
Organiser: Helen Bond
Series: Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Online
HUMOUR | AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM
The TORCH Humour Network invites you to attend our event ‘Humour: An Interdisciplinary Symposium’ on 29 May 2026.
Friday, 29 May 2026, 10am to 6pm
Department: Humanities (Division)
Organiser: TORCH
Host: TORCH
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Post Soviet Identities Piano Study Day
Leading pianists of different generations come together for this day of performances, discussions and demonstrations
Friday, 29 May 2026, 10.30am to 5.15pm
Department: Music (Department)
Organiser: Dr Maria Razumovskaya
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Dual Rat Races
Nuffield Economic Theory Seminar
Friday, 29 May 2026, 11am to 12.15pm
Speaker(s): Larry Samuelson (Yale University)
Department: Economics (Department)
Series: Nuffield Economic Theory Seminar
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
What dominates fluctuations of cellular growth rate?
This forms of the weekly Mathematical Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
Friday, 29 May 2026, 11am to 12pm
Speaker(s): Dr Roi Holtzman (Dept of Physics, University of Oxford)
Department: Mathematical Institute (Department)
Organiser: Sara Jolliffe
Host: Dr Carles Falco Gandia
Series: Mathematical Biology and Ecology Seminar Series
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
A Water History of Hong Kong
Documentary film screening, followed by Q&A
Friday, 29 May 2026, 12pm to 1.30pm
Speaker(s): Dr Florence MOK (Nanyang Technological University), Dr Siu-hei LAI (Chiang Mai University), Mr Sahil BHAGAT (Nanyang Technological University)
Department: Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Department)
Host: Dr Verna Yu
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Student Research Workshop in Micro Theory
Student Research Workshop in Micro Theory
Friday, 29 May 2026, 12.15pm to 1.30pm
Speaker(s): Sanjari Kalantri (University of Oxford)
Department: Economics (Department)
Series: Student Research Workshop in Micro Theory
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Macroeconomics Workshop
Friday, 29 May 2026, 1pm to 2pm
Speaker(s): Charles Zhang
Department: Economics (Department)
Series: Macroeconomics Workshop
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
SciFinder for advanced users
Friday, 29 May 2026, 1pm to 2pm
Speaker(s): Rachel Scanlon (Radcliffe Science Library), Alessandra Vetrugno (Radcliffe Science Library)
Department: Bodleian Information Skills (Unit)
Organiser: Helen Bond
Series: Bodleian iSkills - Workshops in Information Discovery and Scholarly Communications
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: Online
Pattern Recognition Receptor signalling in infection and sterile inflammation
Friday, 29 May 2026, 1pm to 2pm
Speaker(s): Prof Clare Bryant (University of Cambridge)
Department: Pathology Dunn School (Department)
Organiser: Melissa Wright
Host: Prof Chris Tang
Series: Dunn School of Pathology Departmental Seminars
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Piano Masterclass with Ewa Kupiec and Rustem Hayroudinoff
Distinguished pianists and pedagogues Ewa Kupiec and Rustem Hayroudinoff work with student pianists
Friday, 29 May 2026, 1.15pm to 3.15pm
Department: Music (Department)
Organiser: Dr Maria Razumovskaya
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Bernstein Basis Constructions of Exponential Family Conditional Densities
Nuffield Econometrics Seminar
Friday, 29 May 2026, 2.15pm to 3.30pm
Speaker(s): Richard Spady (Johns Hopkins University)
Department: Economics (Department)
Series: Nuffield Econometrics Seminar
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Panel Discussion: Frontier AI and the New Cyber Arms Race
Join us for a discussion on frontier artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, hosted with Royal Holloway.
Friday, 29 May 2026, 4pm to 6pm
Department: Politics & Int Relations (Department)
Organiser: Sarah Chen
Host: Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group
Series: Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Behavioural Lab
Behavioural Lab
Friday, 29 May 2026, 4pm to 5pm
Department: Economics (Department)
Series: Behavioural Lab
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person
Forest dynamics for a changing planet
Lecture followed by drinks reception
Friday, 29 May 2026, 4.15pm to 5.30pm
Speaker(s): Adriane Esquivel Muelbert
Department: Environmental Change Institute (Unit)
Organiser: Carlyn Samuel
Host: Yadvinder Malhi
Series: Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and the Nature Network seminar series
Audience: Public Format: Hybrid
The Milton Lecture: Lessons in free speech from John Milton
400 years on, Milton’s questions on liberty and expression remain urgent. McDowell explores their relevance and balance.
Friday, 29 May 2026, 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Department: Mansfield College (College)
Organiser: Mansfield College
Host: Mansfield College
Series: Mansfield Public Talks
Audience: Public Format: In Person
Becoming an abcedminded Brofèsor [not], josser [not], ?
Finnegans Wake Seminar
Friday, 29 May 2026, 5.30pm to 7pm
Speaker(s): Professor Peter McDonald
Department: English (Department)
Series: Finnegans Wake Seminar
Audience: Member of University - ALL Format: In Person